Wyoming - SF 71 - 2017

Relating to electric utilities; establishing minimum procurement requirements for electric utilities; requiring reports; providing enforcement and rulemaking authority; mandating the public service commission to account for specified factors in rate setting; and providing for an effective date.

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A new Senate Bill submitted to the Wyoming legislature last week bars utilities from providing any electricity to the state that is derived from large-scale wind or solar projects by 2019. Effectively outlawing clean energy, SF 71 deters utilities from ...

If signed into law, SF 71 would then charge utility companies like Black Hills Energy or Rocky Mountain Power $10 per megawatt hour on electricity generated in the state for use by Wyoming customers. Companies would have until 2019 to be 100 percent ...

Under the bill, if electricity were generated by wind or solar in Wyoming to serve customers in the state it would come with a $10-per-megawatt-hour penalty. That penalty would be double the suggested tax hike on wind also under consideration this ...